Essay On The Holocaust Museum Journey

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The Holocaust Memorial Museum Journey The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is a journey which tells the story of a tragedy, yet it is not to weaken you; it is to strengthen you to prevents such a tragedy from ever occurring again. The Holocaust was the systematic, state sponsored genocide extermination of the Jewish people through the Nazis and their collaborators. The spark which cause the Holocaust was the Treaty of Versailles. Following the conclusion of World War 1, the treaty was signed, and it caused an economic crisis, debts, and strikes (“The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 2”). Shortly after, Hitler rose to power after blaming the Jews as a major reason for Germany’s shameful economic state. Consequentially, the Holocaust began as a solution to a problem which Hitler referred to simply as “The Jewish Problem”. Through the Nuremberg race laws, the Jewish people were stripped of their citizenships and rights, and they were forced into Ghettos (G. Bard 24). Hitler’s reign of tyranny against the Jews was only beginning. Jewish men, women, and children were forc...

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